St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-19
DULUTH MATTERS.
A Very Good Showing Made for Receipts
of Wheat.
TYPHOID FEVER DEATHS.
Prominent Capitalists Engaged in Buy
ing Up Large Tracts of Valuable
Pine Lands.
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DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. 1S.-Wheat re-
ceiptS so far this month have been in
round numbers 5000 cars, or about p
$50, 600 bushels. ThiS is not bad for a
city whose wheat trade is characterized
as having received black eye. Grain
men are of the opinion that wheat will
continue to move steadily AL winter,
and that by the beginning of the new
year we will have received as much of
the crop of 1887 as we did in the same
period of 1856, Notwithstanding the I'M
precedented movement in September,
1886.
DROPPED DEAD.
John Stager, pioneer settler on the
VermiliOn range and foreman in the
Ely mine at Tower, dropped dead this
morning while at work. He leaves a
wife and several children.
TYPHOID FEVER VICTIMS.
The health officer submitted the re-
port of the city'S health for October this
morning. There were thirty-eight
deaths. twenty-five from typhoid fever.
During the year so far the births have
been Al, against Sl2 deaths.
BUYING PINE LANDS.
A company of Duluth men, in con-
nection with Eastern capitalists, have
for some time been engaged in quietly
buying up all good titles to the Yer
million pine lands that they possibly
could, and they now intend to put up a
large saw-Inill at Tower, which is to be
in running order by next June, if not
before. The mill, which is intended to
cut at least 100000 feet of lumber per
day, is to be situated at the mouth of
East Two rivers, upon the site formerly
occupied by the Minnesota Iron COM
pany's old store. The machinery used
raw q Co.'S mill at Rice's Point, this
firms partnership having expired by
limitation. and they are reported as not
intending to resume business, at least in
Duluth.
SETTINGS.
A special train consisting of ''Officer's
car, No. $50, arrived in Duluth over the
Omaha road at O'Clock last evening.
The car contained the following gentle
men: j. L. Clark, general freight and
passenger agent; J. McCabe, Superin-
tendent of the Northern division; l.. A.
Robinson, auditor; William A. Scott,
superintendent of the Madison division,
and NJ. Ellis, master mechanic. The
party is making a thorough "ObServa-
tom tour of the road. and spent part of
to-day here looking over the company's
docks and freight sheds, yards and
buildings, and then left for the East,
via Superior and Ashland.
The Northern Pacific and st. Paul &
Duluth roads commenced similar actions
in the district court yesterday, the OBJ
ject of which was to set aside tax judg-
meutS. Both are test cases and the
amounts. though small, will be impOr-
tant in their bearing Oh similar actions.
The Northern Pacific suit seeks to re-
cover property sold under tax judg-
mentS, amounting to 81, 064.91. The st.
Paul & Duluth suit is Tor S1,91S.2S.
These suits will be holly contested.
The Duluth Tribune says: with
two mammoth hotels, Duluth may as
pire to become the convention city of
Minnesota. The state conventions of all
the parties should be held here next
summer This is all very well, but as
the largest hotel will not be completed
until late in the fall next year, and the
other hotel is suffering from the delay
of iron founders, it begins to look as if
the conventions might have to ''roOSt on
the rocks until the two mammoth
hotels are completed.
The drilling of the Duluth Natural
Gas, Oil and Mineral company has
reached depth of 105 feet without Strik-
ing rock. This, while in accord with the
desire of the superintendent, is quite
singular, as the country is very rocky.
The diameter of the well is eight inches.
and the bore is being piped until rock
is reached. Superintendent Campbell
says the indications of the presence of
natural gas are growing stronger every
day.
Capt. McDOugall was a sufferer by the
burning of the Arizona, as a large
amount of necessary machinery and
materials for his Shipyard was on the
vessel, but on receipt of intelligence of
her loss the captain Immediately cabled
TO England and Scotland for duplicate
orders. The principal loss is the delay,
as the cargo was insured.
A large amount of cOrduroying is
being done on the county roads. and the
Tower road will be completed Satur-
day. The commissioners have COM
pleted their inspections for the year.
President F. L. Powell, of the Ma
tiOnal Branch bank. of Madison. Ind, is
in the city looking over his extensive
properties here. He will erect several
buildings.
John P. Glow, the pugilist, received
from Omaha yesterday the famous
fighting bulldog Jerry, the winner of
numerous battles.
The Klinefelter steam heating appa-
ratus. for railway trains, was success
fully tested between Duluth and Brain
erd Thursday.
The Gas and Water company are hur-
rying their work, and the large gas and
water mains are being put down at a
rapid rate.
Col. LOunsberry is in Minneapolis
perfecting some arrangement for im-
prOvementS in the Evening Journal.
Twelve miners IRON Birmingham.
Ala, and two from Cornwall, England,
were passengers to Tower yesterday.
The Y. W. c. T. U. gives birthday
party at Judge Shannon'S next WedneS-
day.
A violent storm set in about II D. m.
and is raging fiercely.
The Gloucester Fisheries.